. >> reporter: the criminal case against the priest, stephen kiesle of oakland, california, involved charges of molesting two boys, 11 and 12. ultimately, two years later, he was defrocked by cardinal ratzinger. the vatican said today, it will not respond specifically to the letter, which it called one of many documents that may have been taken out of context. in those two years, before that priest was defrocked, the priest was allowed to go back to his job as a youth minister, despite the crimes, diane, and that's the edge of this. >> all right, brian ross, thanks to you. >>> and still ahead on "world news," an american mother returns her 7-year-old adopted son to russia, alone. was he really a threat? >>> sarah palin fires up another crowd, and her latest sparring partner, the president himself. >>> and, on a kind of arab version of "american idol," astonishing defiance from behind a veil. and she's our "person of the week." it always happens. i buy plants, i bring them home, and then...i water too little... too much... or i just forget. but look. ths is doing fine. why? it's plant